Feels like the Fredrick pick

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Our defense is alot bigger than it was years ago. Most of the dline are young, long, athletic, and big. The vets on the dline are decently strong guys too. Even if we arent a top 5 defense in 2017 i guarantee you we wont be getting pushed around at the line scrimmage. Rod has the clay now. Its up to him to mold it into what he wants. Its also up to the younger guys to take the tools Rod gives them and sharpen them.
 
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iceberg said:
so far most things i've seen show him to be a B to A- pick for the cowboys. who on the board would you have taken at that slot?
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I would've taken the guy we actually had graded as a first-round player. I am once again dismayed by the Cowboys' draft process. Sometimes I think they really get it (Zack Martin), but too often they still reach for need (the awful trade up for Lawrence, Taco). It's frustrating, because I think they do a really good job putting a draft board together: when they do stand pat and just take the best player on their board, they often hit it out of the park.

Taco may work out great: I sure hope he does. But the best way to consistently get great talent is to consistently apply a good draft process. When your process is screwed up, you'll still get lucky sometimes, but over time, you'll end up with suboptimal results.
 
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CCBoy said:
Naw, I was feeling something else...

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CCBoy post of the Year. I just spit my coffee everywhere :lmao2::lmao2::lmao2::lmao2::thumbup::lmao2:
 
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theranchsucks said:
Just dumb to say. Not even close. Why are so many people down on this pick. We draft an instant starter who is a three down player and will give us 7-12 sacks in his first year. What else do you want with the 28th pick? And at least he isn't one of those tweeners.
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7 to 12 sacks in his first year might be a bit ambitious.
 
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Idk about feels like because i can guarantee no one had us taking Frederick let alone with the 1st overall pick. Right now, the board is maybe 50-50. Back then, I bet the majority of thr board were caulking back alcohol for quite sometime and gave up on the season.

I sure hope that we get the same result. Then again, that's with any of our picks, especially at the top.
 
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jimnabby said:
I would've taken the guy we actually had graded as a first-round player. I am once again dismayed by the Cowboys' draft process. Sometimes I think they really get it (Zack Martin), but too often they still reach for need (the awful trade up for Lawrence, Taco). It's frustrating, because I think they do a really good job putting a draft board together: when they do stand pat and just take the best player on their board, they often hit it out of the park.

Taco may work out great: I sure hope he does. But the best way to consistently get great talent is to consistently apply a good draft process. When your process is screwed up, you'll still get lucky sometimes, but over time, you'll end up with suboptimal results.
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Just curious: What makes you think the Cowboys didn't give Taco a first round grade? From what I've seen, he has been taken in the first round of just about every mock to date; I'd be surprised if they didn't give him a first round grade, as well.
 
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lqmac1 said:
I remember that vibe being very similar to this one. A lot of us felt like we reached and weren't too excited about that pick. A few pro bowls and all pro's later some of us are eating crow.

I'm hoping Taco turns out to be the same exact way.

I wasn't really too thrilled with the pick and was hoping we would trade back, but I can't change it now so we'll have to play the watch and see game .
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Yes it does
 
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jimnabby said:
I would've taken the guy we actually had graded as a first-round player. I am once again dismayed by the Cowboys' draft process. Sometimes I think they really get it (Zack Martin), but too often they still reach for need (the awful trade up for Lawrence, Taco). It's frustrating, because I think they do a really good job putting a draft board together: when they do stand pat and just take the best player on their board, they often hit it out of the park.

Taco may work out great: I sure hope he does. But the best way to consistently get great talent is to consistently apply a good draft process. When your process is screwed up, you'll still get lucky sometimes, but over time, you'll end up with suboptimal results.
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These the same people who ran the last few successful drafts?

And who that player we ignored? I'm not keeping up w side noise.
 

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either you trust the team to draft the right players or you don't guess we will just wait and see
 
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jimnabby said:
I would've taken the guy we actually had graded as a first-round player. I am once again dismayed by the Cowboys' draft process. Sometimes I think they really get it (Zack Martin), but too often they still reach for need (the awful trade up for Lawrence, Taco). It's frustrating, because I think they do a really good job putting a draft board together: when they do stand pat and just take the best player on their board, they often hit it out of the park.

Taco may work out great: I sure hope he does. But the best way to consistently get great talent is to consistently apply a good draft process. When your process is screwed up, you'll still get lucky sometimes, but over time, you'll end up with suboptimal results.
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Can you share your copy of the Cowboys draft board?
 

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According to Stephen this morning the only first rd player left was a RB. So getting the best DE we could get with lots of good CBs left seems to me the way to go.
 
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jday said:
If true, I still understand. There was a run on DE's in the first; no so much on corners. So there is a very good they'll find a corner they like at 60...less likely they'd find a DE they like at 60.
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From what I've read Taco graded top of second and only remaining first grade was a RB.
 
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